tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37589721331585843.post458905424069718042..comments2024-03-26T11:33:59.219-06:00Comments on Religion in American History: Is David Foster Wallace the Increase Mather of postmodernity?Paul Harveyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13881964303772343114noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37589721331585843.post-56123062792409748572012-07-12T02:09:54.420-06:002012-07-12T02:09:54.420-06:00http://patrickarden.com/DavidFosterWallace.html
G...http://patrickarden.com/DavidFosterWallace.html<br /><br />Give this article a read. I was researching the same thing and it answered my question rather nicely.<br /><br />It seems that for most of his life he was a regular churchgoer, but from reading his stuff I always got the impression that he was too much of a natural cynic to, as he puts it, "take certain things on faith".TGDnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37589721331585843.post-79364306556461213822012-03-09T13:41:49.504-07:002012-03-09T13:41:49.504-07:00Stories of DFW attending various Illinois Mennonit...Stories of DFW attending various Illinois Mennonite congregations have been circulating for some time. <br /><br />See http://craigfehrman.com/2010/05/05/details-1996-profile-of-david-foster-wallace/Jen Grabernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37589721331585843.post-34687292214788423932012-03-08T12:53:39.301-07:002012-03-08T12:53:39.301-07:00When he taught at Illinois State University in the...When he taught at Illinois State University in the 1990s, he attended the local Mennonite church.David Swartznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37589721331585843.post-66347538094694775492012-03-08T09:22:37.391-07:002012-03-08T09:22:37.391-07:00This just in from the twitters courtesy of @daniel...This just in from the twitters courtesy of @danielsilliman:<br /><br />@MichaelJAltman Wallace was not a devout Catholic. Said he tried to go thru. catechism twice, but failed. Once was asked to leave.<br /><br />@MichaelJAltman More a case of someone who wants to be religious but doesn't know how. Kinda like Graham Green's Quiet American.Michael J. Altmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17352048990586521566noreply@blogger.com